Malott 1 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Here is a post off Planetsand. This just shows a builders opinion of the oils he has used. *************** Just generally- I think that an oil's ability to protect during storage is as or even maybe more important than any other characteristic of the oil. I have only ran into VERY limited cases where I thought an oil should have protected the piston from scuffing. Therefore you are more likely to run into engine problems with an oil that fails to leave an adequate corrosion preventative film during storage. This would seem to agree with whats being said in the thread- that the oil is failing to protect. This would seem to also work with what some other tuners have said- if its TC-W3 run it and run lots of it. As an engine builder, I run all sorts of oils to try them out- absolutely eliminates any doubt in my mind what an oil is or is not doing for me. Run them for a season and inspect for wear at the end of the season. Ive been doing that for about 10 years now- both in my sled and my two stroke ATV. Ive tried around 10 different brands of oil in that time period. I cant make a recommendation to my customer without knowing what an oil is doing first. I keep the pistons and make notes in my book of brains: *Golden Spectro- seems to protect well enough, wear is acceptable, but a tad "dirty" for my liking *Bel Ray MC1- storage protection seems OK, wear is very good. *Torco GP7- does not storage protect well enough, wear is very good. *Maxima Super M- does not storage protect well enough, wear is acceptable. *Maxima 927- excellent storage protection due to the castor oil, wear is very good, but very dirty due to the castor oil. Its my choice for methanol burning motors. Methanol attracts water- so any extra help we can get is good. *Klotz R-50- does not strorage protect well enough, wear is very good, a little dirty in mild motors *Klotz Techniplate Snowmobile- storage protection seems OK, wear is very good *Motul 800 2T- does not storage protect well enough on alum. parts, bearings are acceptable, wear is absolute the best. Definitely my favorite oil for race motors. *Blue Marble- storage protection is the worst Ive seen, wear is acceptable, this is the oil that I feel failed to prevent scuffing. *Amsoil Series 200- storage protection was not adequate, wear was good. *Yamalube 2R- storage protection is very good, wear is very good, moderately clean. My choice for oil in everything but the race motors. *************** There are several exceptionally good and well respected engine tuners that I know that run Penzoil outboard oil in all their super zoot race engines without any issues related both to protection in storage and protection while running! Something to think about there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktoney Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 i ran yamalude 2r in mine and all it did was foul plugs left and right.... im mixing it one pint per 4 gal.... my buddy had the same affect? 927 mixed the same ran way better.... am i just mixing the yamalube badly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsheppick Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 This oil I have ran 32:1 , 40:1 and 50:1. It does smell VERY VERY good. Also is very expensive. The only downfall to this oil like the previous poster said, it will seperate from the gass below 35F so you need to make sure you turn your gas control off and before in the case of cold weather shake the bike for a bit to mix her up. I perfer this oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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